Cement facing for floors.



No. 858,448. PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

s. H. GARTRELL & w. E. MIDDLETON. CEMENT FACING FOR FLOORS.

"APPLICATION FILED 00123, 1906.

' following is a specification.

' as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order thatv f UNrrEDSTATES-1. PATENT 1 FF sTERNE H. GART-RELL AND WILLIAM E. MIDDLETON, orvKANsas OITY,MISSOURI., 1'

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, STERNE H. GARTRELL andWIL- Lmm E. MIDDLETON, citizens of the United States,.residing at KansasCity, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements -in Cement Facing for Floors, ofwhich the This invention relates to cement flooring and is designed moreespecially as a facing for wood floors, our object being to equip suchfloors with practically indestructible and sanitary facings which willaccommodate the sagging or springing of the floors.

' A further objectis to produce a facing of this character in the forniof slabs or tiles so that in case of injury to one or more of the slabsor tiles they may be replaced, without affecting the adjacent ones, at alow cost and in an expeditious manner. I

With these general objects in view and others as hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and organization it may be fully understood reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1, is a plan viewof a wood flooring showing a cement facing therefor in course ofconstruction. Fig.

- 2, is a top plan view showing the skeleton work of the preferred typeof facing. Fig. 3, is an enlarged vertical cement work in Iplace, saidfigure showing a portion of a skeleton Work 0 different type from thatshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is an enlarged detail perspective view of aportion of the skeleton work shown in Fig. 2.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates a wood or other flooring, 2 a seriesof thin lead strips arranged edgewise and in parallel relation, it beingunderstood that each strip 2 may be in a single piece but preferablyconsists of a plurality of alined sections with their ends abutting asshown in Fig. 2. The strips are preferably provided with longitudinalbeads or flanges 3, at their lower edges for a purpose which hereinafterappears and depending from said strips are legs 4 provided withlaterally projecting lugs 5 resting upon the fiber, and said legs areprovided with apertures 6. 7 indicates similar strips of lead orequivalent-material arranged transversely with respect to strips 2 toform square panels, though it is to be understood that the strips may.be of any suitable configuration to produce panels of any desireddesign. The strips 7 are provided'at their lower edges with beads orflanges 8, and where they abut against the meeting strips 2 they arepreferably cut away as at 9 so as to form close joints with said strips2 as shown in Fig. 4. 10 are legs depending from strips 7 and providedwith apertures 11 and laterally projecting lugs 12, to rest like lugs 5upon'the floor, and in this connection it should be Specification ofLetters Patent.. Application filed October 3, 1906. Serial No. 337,330.

noted that the lugs of both sets of legs are perforated to receivescrews 13 or equivalent devices for securing the' strips reliably to thefloor I In .the preferred construction, reinforce rods 14ex-' tendthrough the apertures 11 of alined legs 10'and similower plane than theother to.avoid interference between the two sets of rods, as shown inFigs. 2 and 4, it

being also noted that the abutting ends of the alined rods arepreferably. connected together by sleeves 16 so that'th ey will not sagwhen the skeleton-work is ar-f resented July 2, 1907. r

ranged upon a floor. The cement 17in plastic state is poured upon thefloor and of course fills the interstices of the skeleton work, the massof cement being integral by reason of the fact that the panels of cementare connectedbelow the strips between the legs thereof. The

panels are filled up to the level of the upper edges of the It will beapparent that the lead strips will yield vertically or laterally withoutbreakage to accommodate sagging of the floor, and that because of thelateral yield of such strips there will be practically no danger ofinjury-to the slabs or tiles of cement. Should one of the slabs or tilesbecome broken or injured it can be readily replaced without 4 affectingthe surrounding slabs or tiles. It will'be seen therefore that the floorcan be repaired cheaply and easily and always kept in a sanitarycondition. I

In exceptionally light facings for wood floors the reinforce skeletonwork consisting of rods 14 and 15 may be dispensed with and in lieuthereof the slabs or tiles may be reinforced by wire gauze or equivalentmaterial 19. In Figs. 1 and '3 one of the panels is shown as equippedwith a wire gauze skeleton reinforcement, the last-named figure showinghow the body portion of the gauze is supported by bending its oppositeedges downward to produce supporting legs 20, which will rest upon 1 0 5cement and strips is maintained. .It will be further I noted that thelead cannot wear more rapidly ti'ian'the cement because it is in theform of narrow strips and is.

protected by the cement, and in this connection it is to be understoodthat by the term strips is meant the parts of a figure of any design,the parts of such figure being of integral formation if desired.

From the above description it will be apparent that we have produced acement facing for floors possessing the features of advantage enumeratedas desirable and which obviously is susceptible of modification withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having .thus described the invention what we as new and desire to secureby Letters-Patent, is 2-- -1. In'a facing for floors, compressiblestrips arranged to form panels and provided with depending legs to restupon the floor below and with beads or flanges at the upper ends of saidlegs, cement filling said panels and united in an integral mass belowthe strips, and skeleton frames within the spaces described by thepanels and embedded in the cement below the same.

united in an integral mass below the strips, and skeleton I frameswithin the spaces described by the panels and embedded in the cementbelow the same and consisting of crossed rods supported by the dependinglegs of said stripsfabove the floor.

3. In a facing for floors, compressible strips arranged zto form panelsand provided with depending legs having lugs to rest upon and be securedto the floor, said strips having beads or flanges atthe upper ends ofthe legs, cement filling said panels and united in an integral massbelow the beads, and skeleton frames within the panels and-embedded inthe cement below the same and consist ing of crossed rods supported bysaid strips and above the floor.

4. The combination with a wooden floor, of flexible strips arrangededgewise above the door to form panels and provided with dependingperforated lugs arranged to be secured to the floor, cross rods insertedthrough said perforated dogs out of alinement with the strips, andcement filling the panels and united below the same and surrounding thecross rods, the surface of the cement being slightly grooved adjacentthe upper edges of the strips.

. In testimony whereof we uflix our signatures, in the )resence of twowitnesses.

STERNE H. GARTRELL.

-WILLIAM E. MIDDLETON.

Witnesses H. C. Honours, G. Y. Tr'mrn.

